CENTENNIAL NEWS

Volunteer Training: Join us after worship at Roseville on Sunday April 19th, or at SAP on Sunday April 26th for the next Volunteer Training where we'll go over the Safer Sanctuaries that was updated at the February Leadership Board meeting and introduce the new Safe and Inclusive Spaces Policy. Please register for April 19th Here or April 26th HERE.

United Women in Faith - Day Apart: Saturday, March 21st, from 9:00am-1:30pm, Roseville Campus Linden Court. Kimberly Brown will be presenting in music and scripture: Nurturing Spiritual Resilience in Challenging Times. We will have a service of Remembrance and end with Lunch. We will collect diapers & wipes for mission. Registration is $20. Please sign up to attend either the paper sign up or online. Questions: Contact Carol Johnson 612.719.4107. Tracy Fodstad 612.709.6280

Opportunity to Serve Project Home Families: Centennial’s Compassion Team continues to recruit volunteers to serve weekend noon and evening meals to homeless families at Interfaith Action’s Project Home located at 1010 Bandana Blvd West off Energy Park Drive between Lexington and Snelling Avenues.  New volunteers are especially needed to serve 3rd Sunday noon meals, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  For more information and to sign up, please contact Compassion Team Representative Betty Gumbrell at bettygumbrell@outlook.com or 651-343-5596.

March Food Drive: The Compassion team will be hosting it's annual March Food drive but this year with a twist. Since November we have been consistently donating food items but most food shelves area also lacking hygiene and personal care products. We will be collecting specific needed items each week that will be donated to Ralph Reeder and Keystone Community Services! The schedule is also lined up with our joint services and is as follows:
March 8th (Roseville)- Toothpaste & Deodorant
March 15th (St. Anthony Park)- Laundry Detergent & Dishwasher Detergent
March 22nd (Roseville)- Toilet Paper.
Cash donations are also welcome, checks can me written to Centennial UMC with food drive in the memo.

Ongoing Food Drive for Ralph Reeder & Keystone Community Services: Since November 1st Centennial has been hosting an on going food drive to help serve our communities. Since then, 1,753 lbs. of food have been delivered to the Ralph Reeder Food Shelf, $2,379 have been donated to Ralph Reeder including $599 from the free will offering for the February 4th Design Meeting Meal, and $331 has been donated to Keystone Community Services from the free will offering  for the February 10th Respectful Conversations Meal. We are still accepting donations & distributing food donations. You can bring items to either campus.

Care Team Volunteers needed! Do you have spiritual gifts of care, service, and compassion?  The Care Team needs you!  Centennial UMC's Care Team offers friendly visits and calls, provides rides to church and medical appointments, and offers help with light housework and errands.  Training and support provided by Care Team lead Peggy Rhodes and Pastor Bitrus Bamai.  If interested, please reach out to Peggy Rhodes | peggy.l.rhodes@gmail.com

Coffee Hour Volunteers: Volunteers are needed for the Sunday Coffee Hour at the Roseville Campus. [CLICK HERE] for easy online sign-up . If the link is not for you, please sign up on the paper form at the Roseville sign-up center or email Dodie |  dodiewoodis@gmail.com with the Sunday(s) you are available.

Want to get involved? Contact: Randy Oelschlager rjjdo123@comcast.net

Youth Group: Wednesday, March 18th, 6:30pm, Roseville Campus Youth Room.

Camp Minnesota Registration is Now Open!: Get ready for a summer filled with exciting events, creative outdoor activities, meaningful worship with Bible study and the chance to make new friends and memories! You can view camp options, register, and explore discounts like the "bring-a-friend" discount HERE!

Family Weekend at Camp Koronis: August 21st-23rd, Camp Koronis, Paynesville, MN. Join Centennial families for a weekend at Camp Koronis, August 21-23! This camp is designed for families with kids ages 2-years-old - 12th grade. Families will stay in air-conditioned motel-style rooms; meals provided. Schedule includes time for families together, parent free time (while kids are supervised doing age-appropriate activities), worship, swimming, and more. Register at the Camp Koronis website, www.campminnesota.org. Reach out to Joy with any questions, jestrohs@hotmail.com

The Laity Collaborative: Innovation starts with YOU! The power of laity led new ministries with Erica Koser, Director of Strategy and Innovation. Tuesday, March 24th, 6:30-8:00pm. Did you know that when you bring your knowledge of your congregation and your community together new ministries can be planted? Laity are the preferred gardeners when we plant seeds of innovation. Join us as we think about fertile soil, good seeds, and careful tending of new ministry ideas!

Bible Study at St. Anthony Park:
*pausing until April
Sundays 9:30am before worship, in the fellowship hall downstairs. | St. Anthony Park campus |  Questions contact Alan O'Donnell, arodonnell@hotmail.com.
Bible Study at Roseville Campus: 
Wednesdays, 6:00pm, Asbury 1. Questions contact Mark Meyer m1meyer@protonmail.com 

Love Pays the Rent - Ways to Help!: Many local households are facing housing insecurity in the twin cities metro. We can help Roseville Area Schools and community Social Workers to support affected households during this difficult time. This is a coordinated community effort, including a variety of local Roseville area churches and other community groups, as well as the Roseville Area School Foundation. Because Love pays the rent! Roseville Area School Foundation, St. Michael's Housing Stability & Roseville Lutheran: Helping Our neighbors are all collecting funds for this effort. Links to donate are listed here:
- The Roseville Area Schools Foundation
- St. Michael's Lutheran Church via Zeffy
- Roseville Lutheran Church enter the code and give under "helping our neighbors"

Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Opportunities: Sign up to help with this years Habitat for Humanity project. It will be a rehab at 1200 Ryan Ave. W. in Roseville. Construction workers of all skill levels, beverage donations and those who can prepare/donate food or serve at the worksite are needed. The project will run from April 27-June 26 and Centennial has been asked to focus providing volunteers on the following days: May 11, 18, 19 and June 1, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 26
If you are unable to volunteer on our assigned days, you can sign up for any day during the project. This year there are 2 specific days dedicated for women only on June 24, 25. For more information, please contact Jack Griffin (651-587-9264) email: jacklgriffin@hotmail.com. Signups are done on the Twin City Habitat for Humanity Volunteer Hub which is linked HERE.

2026 Mahle Lecture - Collaboratively presented by Hamline University and Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul. Just Resilience: How to Stay in the Struggle for the Long Haul: Thursday, March 26th, Dinner at 5:30pm, Lecture at 7:00pm, located at Kay Fredericks Room, Hamline University's Klas Center. We have borne witness to the critical place faith communities have in meeting the moment when crisis comes – how do we keep at it when there’s no end in sight?  The faith communities and wisdom gatherings that make up Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul have worked for nearly thirty years to shelter families and build pathways toward stability and mobility through Project Home. This year’s Mahle Lecture will be an opportunity to explore resilience rooted in different faith traditions, specifically using the fight to end homelessness as a case study for what “Just Resilience” looks like in practice. Registration is linked HERE. Questions?  Contact Chaplain Kelly Figueroa-Ray (chaplain@hamline.edu) or Rev. Rachel McIver Morey (rmorey@interfaithaction.org).

Joint Worship is at 9:30am - March 15th is at St. Anthony Park
Preaching This Week: Pastor Whitney Sheridan

Lent Sermon Series - Tell Me Something Good:  February 18th - April 5th. This Lenten season, we will study what was central to Jesus’ life and ministry: radical welcome, love for neighbor, care for the vulnerable, nourishment for the hungry, nonviolence in the face of injustice. At the heart of Jesus’ teachings, we find liberation, love, mercy, and grace—all of which are meant to be very good news for us all.

3rd Sunday Celebrations! Led by Pastor Bitrus, during worship at both campuses on 3rd Sundays, we will be inviting congregation members forward who have celebrations (birthdays, anniversaries, triumphs) to share and be prayed for.  We look forward to celebrating milestones with you!

Star Words: As the Magi were led to Jesus by the guidance of the star, Star Words are spiritual focus words that were distributed on Epiphany Sunday.  These words are intended to inspire reflection, growth, and discernment throughout the year. Sign up on our website or email cumc@centennialumc.org to receive weekly prompts for the year of 2026. If you did not receive a star word on January 4th and would like one email Pastor Jen | janderson@centennialumc.org.

Fourth Sunday of Lent - March 15th
9:30am - St. Anthony Park Campus

Fifth Sunday of Lent - March 22nd
9:30am - Roseville Campus

Palm Sunday - March 29th
9:00am - Roseville Campus
10:30am - St. Anthony Park Campus

Maundy Thursday - April 2nd
7:00pm - St. Anthony Park Campus

Good Friday - April 3rd
7:00pm - Roseville Campus

Easter Sunday - April 5th
9:00am - Roseville Campus
10:30am - St. Anthony Park Campus

Art Displays at Centennial: The Lenten art display at Roseville campus shows the work of artist He Qi. The Lenten art display at SAP is 5 of the paintings from our permanent collection that depict the Stations of the Cross. They were created by members of Centennial about 15 years ago. Art displays are changed about every 2 months. If you would like to be on the Fine Arts Committee, contact Tammy Nara | tammynara18@gmail.com. You do not have to be an artist, just a person who is interested in deciding what is displayed at church.

Download the Centennial App!: A new way to connect with groups, find events, watch past worship services, and give all in once place. Look up Centennial UMC in the apple or android app store! [CLICK HERE]